Asian and Pacific Cosmopolitans
Self and Subject in Motion

This new collection of essays explores questions of subjectification, selfhood and identity in the contemporary Asia Pacific, examining the way that migrant lives express the complex interplay of local and global processes in the post-Cold War era, and collectively questioning the novelty of the 'global age' in this region.

How do we understand the diverse roots of modern identities and subjectivities - of citizen, labour migrant, artist, intellectual, member of a global faith community? How do migrant lives express the complex interplay of local and global processes in the post-Cold War era? What kinds of cosmopolitan imaginaries and practices are embraced and generated in the Asia Pacific, characterized by long histories of regional, indeed global networks of power and meaning, including Islam and Christianity? Writing from a range of disciplines, the authors explore from first-hand experience the discursive strategies through which individuals embrace new subjectivities, and groups construct cultural identities. These issues are addressed in regionally specific terms, with an eye to the long term in history, and not merely as emergent global novelties. Several of the contributors explore the role of our dialogic scholarly practices in engaging, stimulating and promoting emergent subjectivities and identities.

Notes on Contributors Introduction: Asian and Pacific Cosmopolitans: Self and Subject in Motion K.Robinson PART 1: REPRESENTATION, SELF-RECOGNITION AND SELF-DISCOVERY 'Self' and 'Subject' in Southeast Asian Literature in the Global Age
T.Day Art and Identity Politics: Nation, Religion, Ethnicity, Elsewhere
K.M.George Moving Stories: Beyond the Local in Ethnography and Fiction
K.Narayan Wounds in Our Heart: Identity and Social Justice in the Art of Dadang Christanto
C.Turner PART 2: RELIGION, COSMOPOLITANISM AND SUBJECTIFICATION Billy Graham in the South Seas
R.Eves A Cultural Revival and the Custom of Christianity in Papua New Guinea
A.Dundon Sufi Regional Cults in South Asia and Indonesia: Towards a Comparative Analysis
P.Werbner PART 3: IDENTITY AND DISPLACEMENT The Dragon Dance: Shifting Meanings of Chineseness in Indonesia
M.Budianta Identities in a Culture of Circulation: Performing Selves in Filipina Migration
D.Mckay Transporting Culture Across Borders - The Hmong
N.Tapp Index